Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
RED CROSS DRUG STORE
RED CROSS DRUG STORE. The Red Cross Drug Store was opened by Gustave Adolph Grimm around 1907 at 784 Main Street. Grimm had previously operated the Grimm Drug Store at 704 Main. He had also manufactured and sold such remedies as Hervey's Guaiac Syrup and a Russian Corn Cure. (1)
Grimm remained at 784 Main into the 1920s although the name of the store was dropped around 1910.
---
Source:
"Prominent Business Firms of Dubuque," Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, August 23, 1908, p. 28